Deakin, Smith & Company
This manufacturer of silver and plated goods was based at Hawley Croft.. It was listed in the Sheffield directory (1787), but its origins can be traced to 1781, when three silver marks were registered at the Assay Office: ‘SDK & Co’, ‘DSK & Co’, and ‘SD & Co’. The owners were Samuel Deakin, Alexander Kitchin, John Deakin, Thomas Baxter, and Smith & Co. The partnership was dissolved in 1791, when the principals were Samuel and John Deakin, Stephen Smith, An....
